Words of Wonder (2nd ed.)

A gripping and moving text which explores the wealth of human language diversity, how deeply it matters, and how we can best turn the tide of language endangerment In the new, thoroughly revised second edition of Words of Wonder: Endangered Languages and What They Tell Us, Second Edition (formerly called Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us ), renowned scholar Nicholas Evans delivers an accessible and incisive text covering the impact of mass language endangerment. The